All posts tagged ‘geeklings’

The show kicks off with an interview with Amber Love about Women of Wonder Day, an annual auction and in-store event where you can bid on beautiful art and collectibles in support of domestic violence charity programs. Then Nicole is joined once again by GeekMom Cathe Post to talk about her weekend with her husband and daughter at the first ever GeekGirlCon in Seattle, Washington. This new entry on the convention scene drew some big Geek Girl names to help promote a positive attitude toward all geeks, men, women and especially kids. And you’ll also hear how the GeekMoms took a stab at the Google+ Hangout feature and ended up having a chat with Felicia Day.

Just when you thought con season had pretty much wrapped up, there’s another one happening this weekend and it’s a biggie. This Thursday through Sunday is New York Comic Con at the Javits Center in New York City. I attended last year and it was a crazy weekend full of cos-play, panels and lots and lots of comics. It’s sort of like San Diego Comic-Con’s little brother, with less Hollywood buzz and more street cred. Okay, work with me, it’s New York after all.

One thing I love about this convention is that Sunday is Kids Day. You’ll see parents and kids in matching costumes, vendors handing out shirts to kids only, and plenty of activities and panels geared specifically toward young fans and their parents. And if there’s one panel you don’t want to miss it’s Geeky Parenting: Raising Kids in Our Own Geeky Image with the writers from GeekMom.com and GeekDad.com!

Join Amy Kraft, Andrea Schwalm, Corrina Lawson, Nicole Wakelin, Dave Giancaspro, Jason Jones, John Booth, Ken Denmead, and Matt Blum for a panel covering the fun, challenges and secrets of steering your little geekling in the right direction. Geeky Parenting: Raising Kids in Our Own Geeky Image will be on Sunday, October 16th, 11am-12pm in Room 1B03. We’ll see you there!

It happens. Your kid gets in a snarky, whiny mood and you are stuck in the car listening to endless complaints and begging. For a brief moment you briefly recall why it is you had kids in the first place and in the next you try to figure out if you could, in fact, not get caught but dismiss both in the same moment. You love being a mother and murder is never the answer. Still the whining from the backseat continues.

Parenting 101 tells you not to give in once you’ve put your foot down and said no. Giving in is bad. But the kids haven’t read that book yet. That would yield them entirely too many trade secrets. So they keep asking, begging, whining, grating…

Be it sarcasm, a good sense of humor, impatience, or the occasional urge to embarass my kid, I occasionally say things out of the blue just to elicit a reaction. Normally it stops the begging as well. Win-Win! So here’s my top ten geeky ways to respond to my begging child.

10. Help me, Obi-Won Ka-Whiny. You’re my only hope.

9. Do you know what happened to the last child that begged me? He was kidnapped by the Borg.